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Devastating Floods in Peru Displace Tens of Thousands

Devastating Floods in Peru Displace Tens of Thousands

Mudslides have struck across the Andean nation where dozens have been killed and many of the hardest hit are those who can least afford it.

/ Updated Mar.29.2017 / 5:15 AM ET27 PHOTOS

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Residents wade through water as a flash flood brings mud and debris in Trujillo, Peru on March 18, 2017.

Across Peru, dozens have been killed and tens of thousands displaced after sudden warming of Pacific waters off the coast unleashed torrential downpours in recent weeks. It is part of a localized El Niño phenomenon that is forecast to stretch into April.

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An aerial view of flooded houses at the El Indio settlement on the outskirts of Piura, in northern Peru on March 23. The rains pummeling Peru have left 85 dead, crippled the nation's infrastructure, ruined thousands of fields of crops and destroyed 800 villages

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People walk through the damage caused by flash floods in Huachipa district, east of Lima on March 19.

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A resident stands on sandbags put in place to keep out floodwaters in the province of Paita in Piura on March 24.

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Survivors lie on a mattress near their home as rescue police walk past in Huachipa, Lima on March 18.

— Guadalupe Pardo / Reuters

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Residents walk on a flooded street after rivers breached their banks in Huachipa on March 20.

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A flash flood hits the colorful historic center of Trujillo on March 18.

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A girl removes water out of her flooded house in the El Indio settlement on the outskirts of Piura, in northern Peru on March 23.

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A resident pushes his cart through the mud in the province of Paita in Piura on March 24.

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The Evitamiento highway collapsed from flash floods in Trujillo on March 20.Peru is expected to spend at least $3.75 million in repairing bridges and roads, according to the Central Bank, but the economic toll is still accumulating. Another two weeks of rain are forecast and the state meteorological agency expects the ocean warming causing the storms to continue through April.